Working Groups

Active Working Groups

As of August 6, 2025, all new development work on ACES will be handled under the guidelines of ASWF. You can find out how to get involved here.

Archived Working Groups

The working groups listed below have concluded their work. They remain archived here as a record of each Working Group's state at the conclusion of its work.

Input Transforms (IDTs)

Type: Implementation

Purpose: Provide guidance and tools to supplement P-2013-001 in the creation of digital camera IDTs

Chair: Josh Pines

Opened: July 7, 2020 - July 2025

ACES Output Transforms

Type: Architecture

Purpose: Develop version 2.0 Output Transforms

Chair: Kevin Wheatley & Alex Fry

Opened: October 31, 2019 - March 2025

AMF Implementation Revision

Type: Implementation

Purpose: Make minor updates to ACES Metadata File (AMF) specification and schema and define "constrained" templates to aid adoption.

Chair: Chris Clark

Opened: May 2023 - November 2024

ACES Logo Program

Type: Task Force

Purpose: Review current ACES Logo Program goals and practices and recommend adjustments/enhancements to the program for ACES 2.0 rollout.

Chair: Marc Zorn & Daniel De La Rosa

Opened: April 2022 - November 2022

OpenEXR Compression

Type: Implementation

Purpose: Create implementation guidance and documentation and work with vendors to ensure implementations can be used.

Chair: J. Schulte

Opened: December 2021 - July 2022

ACES Metadata File (AMF)

Type: Implementation

Purpose: Provide tools, tests, and documentation to assist in the implementation of ACES Metadata File (AMF)

Chair: Dan Tatut

Opened: October 31, 2019 - January 2022

ACESClip Requirements Review and Revision

Type: Architecture

Purpose: Gather expectations and requirements from prospective users of ACESclip metadata. Explore which systems are responsible for the initial creation of ACESclip metadata

Chair: Chris Clark

Dates Active: December 2018 - June 2019

CLF Specification Revision

Type: Architecture

Purpose: Review the current CLF specification and code base to determine sufficiency

Chair: JD Vandenberg

Dates Active: November 2018 - January 2020

Common LUT Format (CLF)

Type: Implementation

Purpose: Provide tools, tests, and documentation to assist in the implementation of the Common LUT Format (CLF)

Chair: Doug Walker

Opened: October 31, 2019 - November 2022

Gamut Compression

Type: Implementation

Purpose: Create implementation guidance and documentation and work with vendors to ensure implementations can be used.

Chair: Matthias Scharfenberg & Carol Payne

Opened: February 2021 - March 2022

Gamut Mapping

Type: Architecture

Purpose: Identify methods of converting between color spaces to avoid image artifacts.

Chair: Matthias Scharfenberg & Carol Payne

Dates Active: December 2019 - January 2021

HDR ODTs

Type: Architecture

Purpose: Determine the sufficiency of ACES 1.0 HDR ODTs and suggest improvements

Chair: Bill Mandel & Thad Beier

Dates Active: November 2016 - November 2017